Urban Waterfronts: Contemporary Streams of Planning Conflicts
This article reviews several aspects of the planning conflicts that have been pertinent to the redevelopment of waterfronts internationally: (1)…
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Test Site M4H+ (Merwe Vierhaven) – Circular area development
In the context of IABR–2018-Atelier Rotterdam, ways were examined to take the next step in M4H’s (Merwe-Vierhaven, Port of Rotterdam)…
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The Circular Regeneration of a Seaport
This paper seeks to operationalize the circular city concept for the process of regenerating a city port. It draws on…
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Circular Mainframe – Spatial elaboration of the results of the ‘Klimaattafel Industrie’
This report about the spatial elaboration of the results of the Dutch ‘Klimaattafel Industrie’ is the precursor of the research-by-design…
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Planning the Port City
A contribution to and Application of the Relational Approach, Based on Five Case Studies in Amsterdam (NL) and Ghent (BE)
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Innovatieve Stadshaven
The purpose of the study was to inspire and steer the concrete transition of the area to a hotspot of…
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The relational geometry of the port-city interface: Case studies of Amsterdam (NL) and Ghent (BE)
The aim of this paper is to operationalize a relational approach to the study of port-city interfaces. A relational approach…
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Circular Buiksloterham – A Living Lab for Circular Area Development
For Buiksloterham, a 100 hectare post-industrial site in Amsterdam-North, a vision, roadmap and action plan was developed to transition to…
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Coastal Urban System?
The study also focuses on the two main seaports: Ostend and Zeebrugge. Major changes will take place in the near…
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Vision and Strategy Rotterdam Makers District
The Makers District is committed to a further connection between M4H and RDM. The aim is to create a community…
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The port-city relationship: are city ports reshaping the city-port relationship?
The aim of this research was to find out how the Stadshavens Rotterdam project can strengthen the relationship between city…
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EU port cities and port area regeneration
The progressive development of the EU’s urban policies can pave the way to further joint development of ports and cities…
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Urban Metabolism and Circular Economy in the Brussels Region
The original objective of this research was to question how it is possible to use the urban metabolism framework in…
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Atelier Track Design
Atelier Track Design looked into experimental and innovative (spatial and process-based) concepts regarding the transition to a circular economy. The…
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